
Posts Tagged: Agriculture
Huanglongbing Detected Again in San Gabriel
![Citrus tree infected with Huanglongbing. [M.E. Rogers] Citrus tree infected with Huanglongbing. [M.E. Rogers]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/42824small.jpg)
The following press release was distributed on March 28, 2017 by the Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program. The California Department of Food and Agriculture crews conducting intensive, risk-based surveys detected eight citrus trees confirmed to...
National Poison Prevention Week - March 19-25, 2017
![A child reaching for a pesticide stored in a common drinking container. [M.L.Poe] A child reaching for a pesticide stored in a common drinking container. [M.L.Poe]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/42427small.jpg)
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), poisoning is the number one cause of injury-related death in the United States, and 1073 people in California were poisoned by pesticides in 2014 alone. Each year since 1962, National...
New Proposed Rules on Ag Pesticides Near Schools
![Grapefruit grove adjacent to a school. [D. Rosen] Grapefruit grove adjacent to a school. [D. Rosen]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/42404small.jpg)
News Release - March 16, 2017 The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released a revised proposal for regulating the use of agricultural pesticides near school sites and licensed child day care facilities. The department is inviting...
South American Palm Weevil Detected in San Diego County
![Figure 1. [T. Ellis] Figure 1. [T. Ellis]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/38715small.jpg)
[From the August 2016 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] The South American palm weevil (SAPW), Rhynchophorus palmarum, was recently discovered in a Canary Island date palm in San Ysidro, southern San Diego County. Twenty additional Canary Island...
Invasive pests of concern for California’s urban agriculture systems

Every year, California receives, on average, six new exotic invasive pests of concern; that's about one new pest every 60 days. These may be plants, insects or other arthropods, mollusks, plant pathogens such as fungi and bacteria, vertebrates, or any...